Reviews
Nueva Antología
Originally released two decades ago, this dazzling double album was, for many, the introduction to Compay Segundo immediately prior to...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Levanta Poeira
Levanta Poeira is a puzzling musical object. Compiler DJ Tahira is a well-known vinyl digger based in São Paulo and...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Lio Canta Caymmi
Lisbon-born French singer Lio became a pop icon in France and Belgium following her hit single ‘Le Banana Split’ in...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
When the Sun Comes Up
The third studio album by Toronto's Lonesome Ace Stringband underscores the trio's reputation as a tightly knit unit committed to...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
The Invisible Comes to Us
Memory is an elusive and unreliable thing. The second album from the American folk duo passes like a memory recalled...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Clear the Table
Quoting from hyperbolic press releases is probably not good album-reviewing practice but it's hard to resist the description of this...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
The Rough Guide to the Best Country Blues You’ve Never Heard
From the serene to the eccentric, this is an unusual collection of obscure acoustic blues from the 1920s and 30s....
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Black Cowboys
On his third solo album, one of the founders of the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops explores the history of African-American...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Lord of the Desert
‘Dust Devil’, the opening track of Lord of the Desert, is a beguiling piece of downbeat Appalachiana. A familiar melodic...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Mi Mundo
Go looking for music off the beaten Buena Vista track in Havana, and chances are you’ll come across Brenda Navarrete....
Reviewed in issue June/2018
